Thriller! Chiller! Film festival announces the 2011 festival winners

SuppliedThriller! Chiller! Film Festival Directors Anthony Griffin and Chris Randall celebrate with Matt Cantu, director of "The Zombie Factor: Pilot Episode," winner of The Boomstick! Award! for Best Michigan Film.

The Groovy Awards

Thriller! Chiller! Groovy Awards are presented in the following categories:

Best Feature, Best Short, Best Thrill!, Best Chill! and Best FX. Award winners are chosen by a committee of independent judges whose criteria are to examine a movie’s content as a whole and attempt to quantify its visceral impact as a story and how it best represents its particular genre.

The Boomstick! Award! has quickly become Michigan’s most unique and sought after accolade on its film festival circuit. This sweet baby could only be presented by Thriller! Chiller! in Grand Rapids and is awarded to the Best Michigan Movie!

The Storey Award is a community award created by Thriller! Chiller! and is presented in honor of journalist, friend, and community activist Drew Storey who passed away unexpectedly in 2009.

The recipient is awarded based upon their body of work, their selfless contribution and its impact on building community relationships which promote and connect Michigan’s artists to a larger audience around the world.

The Storey Award : David Lowing, Lowing Light & Grip

Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival, which took place October 21st - 23rd at the Wealthy Theatre, is Michigan’s premier film festival celebrating the genre movie. The festival screened films from the U.S. and around the world in the categories of sci-fi, action, suspense and horror.

Seventy Eight films from 11 countries were represented at this year’s festival.
About the company
Thriller! Chiller! is Michigan’s premier genre film festival focusing on the best of world class independent sci-fi, action, suspense and horror.